Telegram-herald., 1887-11-14

ALI F4N 3ltdlA t1esllsf es tll- "a a4lef ca
they I'll relaliats Tor the eFazl1ies PFactics1.
Many Z home has become - fall Of dlspute
as was the hoEle Of john 0tsroat, who bullt
ais ko1ss a. tne uaost northefiy point Ia
GFsat Britain. And tradition ssys that the
house had eight ~insiows. and eight deOrss
and a table u eight sides. hecause be had
ei~ht children, and the only way 70 keep
them cut II bitter quarrl Vas T. have sepas
rsts appointment FOR each one q them
Yet We may Fusn ~ tns other extsefiie ana
rule children by Too great ieniency. The sur
geon u not unkind because Notwithstanding
the resistance Of his patient be goes straight
Ga y ith firm aand and unfaltersng heart I'd
take OF the gsngrene. Nor = ene parent less
atfsationAEs and faithful because, not"ith-
sfa1diag az violent remonstrances on the
part of the child, ne with the hrHlest discl-
pline advances 70 the cutting or OF It's evil
inclinati0ns The Bible says. "Chasten thy
son While theTe Is hope, and let not thy soul
spare faF bis crying Childish rage ur-
checked vii. after while, become hurrs-
care. chittish pstalanee viii grow up into
ulisa athropY Childish rebellion VII develop
izto tho lawiessness OF riot and seiition- IL
YOU would ruin the child, dance 20 his every
caprice and stuff him with confectionery.
Before YOU are aware Of it that boy Of
years viii 20 down the street, cigar IN his
mouth and ready on any eornsr with his con-
rases % compare psziltstie attainments Tho
parent who allows the child TO grow Up with
out ever having learned the great duty or
Obedience and submission has prepared a cup
of burning gall for his own hips and sppai-
ling destruction for his descendant Renem-
ber E,i and his two sons, Hophni and
Phirehas
A second error prevalent In the training OF
children il laying out OF a theory and fol-
loving il without arranging il to varieties OF
disposition In every family you viii find
striking differences Of temperament This
'child is too tinid, and that too bold, and
this too mssriy, and that too wasteful; this
too inactive, and that too boisterous. Now,
the farmer who should plant corn and wheat
and turnips in just the same way, then put
them through one hopper and grind them
in the same mill, would not be SO much
OF a fool as the parents who should attempt
20 discipline and educate all their children in
the same manner IL needs skillful hand to
ad lust these checks and balances. The rigidity
OF government which is necessary TO hold in
this impetnous nature would utterly crush
that fexile disposition. while the gentle re-
proof that would suffice for the latter would,
when used on the former, be like attempting
70 hold a ehamping Bucephalus with reins Of
gossamer. God gives US in the disposition OF
each child hint as to how we ought to train
him, and, as God in the mental structure
OF our children indicates what mode Of
training il the best, He also indicates in
the disposition their future occupation Do
not write down that child as dull because il
may not now be as brilliant as your other
children or as those Of your neighbor. Some
OF the mightiest men and women Of the CEN
turies had q stupid childhood. Thomas
Aauinas was called at school ''the dumb OK"
but afterwards demonstrated his sanctifed
genius and was called 1.-THE angel Of the
schools arft s'4he eagle of Brittany Kind
ness and patience with a child VIII conquer
almost anything. and they are virtues so
Christlike that they are inspiring to look at.
John Wesley's kiss of child on the pulpit
stairs turned Matthias Joyce from q profli-
gate into flaming evangel
The third error prevalent in the training
of children is the one sided development of
either the physical, intellectual or moral ma
ture at the expense Of the others Those, for
instance. greatly mistake wto, while they
are faithful in the intellectual and moral
culture Of children, forget the physical The
bright eyes half quenched by night stniy,
the crsmped chest that comes from too much
bending over school desks, the weak side re
sulting from sedentsriness of habit, pale
cheeks and tho gaunt bodies Of multitudes of
children attest that physical development
does not always 60 along with intellectual
and moral How do You suppose all those
30 CHI
look IN shattered casketl And how much
viii you give for tho wealthiest cargo when
it is put into a leaky shipi How can thai
bright, sharp blade OF childs attainments
be welded without any handled What are
brains worth without shoulders TO carry
theml What is child with magnificent
mind but an exhausted body Better that a
young man OF 81 SO forth into the world
without knowing A from il he have
health Of body and energy TO push bis
way Through tbs world than at 81
20 enter upon active life, his head
stuffed with Socrates. and Herodorus, and
Bacon, and Ia Place, but no physical force
% sustain him in tho shock Of earthly con
ficts From tkis infinite bIunder OF paren.s
now many have come ont In life with .
genius that could have piled Ossa upon Peiion
and mounted upon them 70 scale the heavens.
and have laid down painting with physical
exhaustion before mole hilli They who
might have thrilled senates and marShaled
armies and startled the world with tho shock
Of their scientific batteries have passed their
lives in picking uD prescriptions for indiges-
ton. They owned all the thnnderbOlts OF
Jupiter. but could not get out of their rock
ing chair 70 use them. George Washington
in early life was q poor speller, and spelled
hat h-a-double-t and q ream Of paper he
spelled ''rheam = but he knew enough TO spell
out the Independence Of this country froul
foreign oppression. The kno~letge OF the
.hools Is important, but there are other
things quite as important
The fourth error often committed in the
training of children Is the suppression OF
childish Sportfulness The most triumphant
death ~ any child that ever knew ~ss that
OF scoviile HAYNES McCoIlum A few days
before that he was at my house n Syracuse,
and be ran Ike deer and MS hslloo made
the woods echo. You could hear him coming
block OF. 20 full was ae Of remp and laugh
ter and whistle Don't put religion on your
cbild a. = straight Jacket Parents. after
haFinx fcr good many years been jostied
sbeut IN The rough World, oftsn lose their 81
vaefty and are sstonished 20 see how sheir
! chlidrnn can ses 20 thouEhtlsSsly OF she ear
resf world al about them. That IS a crIe
parent who queriches any ~ the light in :
childs soul Instead ~ srreStiag IFS sport
falness. 70 forth ari help him truRdle ths
hoop, and iy the kiT and build she snow
castle Thoss shoulders ara TOO little y
carry burden. that brow Is TOO 7oSng 20 b
wrinklesi. those feet are zoo spri<htIy - e
along a. a funeral pace. God bless Their
veunr hearts. No- IL The tine for their q
Be srortfuL I-t them romp ard snr ard
laugh. ard v0 ~ith rush and hurrsh- II